Cumulative Exam — Cumulative exam Answers

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Teiresias.‘Then a seaborne deathsoft as this hand of mist will come upon you when you are wearied out with rich old age,your country folk in blessed peace around you.And all this shall be just as I foretell.’

Read the excerpt from "Say No to GM Food.”These unknown consequences have kept many countries in need of a larger food supply steering clear of importing large amounts of GM food or growing the crops on their soil. Kenya, a country with a known food deficit, has banned GM crops entirely.

In Act III, scenes iii and iv of Romeo and Juliet, why does Nurse most likely go to see Friar Laurence and Romeo?

Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful man:Affliction is enamour’d of thy parts,And thou art wedded to calamity.

In Act III, scenes iii and iv of Romeo and Juliet, why is Romeo considered the protagonist? Select 2 options.He often acts brashly and impulsively.He serves as a foil to other characters.He provokes the audience to feel angry.He is involved in a dramatic romance.He faces a major challenge or conflict.He is one of the main characters in the play.

Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: Monday! ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon;O’ Thursday let it be: o’ Thursday, tell her,She shall be married to this noble earl.Will you be ready? do you like this haste? We’ll keep no great ado; a friend or two;For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late,It may be thought we held him carelessly,Being our kinsman, if we revel much.Therefore we’ll have some half a dozen friends, And there an end. But what say you to Thursday? Paris: My lord, I would that Thursday were to-morrow.

In Act III, scenes iii and iv of Romeo and Juliet, how does Capulet complicate the central conflict?

Which lines from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet show Friar Laurence believes Romeo should be grateful for his nonfatal punishment? Select three options.Thou fond mad man, hear me but speak a word.Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.A gentler judgment vanish’d from his lips,This is dear mercy, and thou seest it not.I bring thee tidings of the prince’s doom.

Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Peter: Musicians! O! musicians, ‘Heart’s ease, Heart’s ease:’ O! an ye will have me live, play ‘Heart’s ease.’ First Musician: Why ‘Heart’s ease?’ Peter: O! musicians, because my heart itself plays ‘My heart is full of woe;’ O! play me some merry dump, to comfort me. Second Musician: Not a dump we; ’tis no time to play now.

Read the excerpt from a discussion of themes in The Odyssey - Penelope.Throughout Penelope’s encounter with the disguised Odysseus, she demonstrates how loyal she has been to him during his long absence.